DON'T LOSE HEART.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 211, 16 July 1887, Page 3

DON'T LOSE HEART.

When times arc hard and the income sin.ill, And no longer the feast is spread, And jound about you tlio shadows fall, That mark how the day has sped ; When out of your grasp slips nuny a joy, And sweetest of dreams depart, And yon lose your hold of treasures untold, Oh, don't lobe heait. Though tienbles comes like a demon crew Your little craft to o'erwhelm, Though worn and spent with the daily Let faith stand firm at the helm ; Awl though dark the sky and cold the breeze, Still bnvely perform your part, For you'll stem the tide and in safety lide, If you don't lose heart. Tlio loss of foitime and loss of fiiends, Tis every one's lot to bear, And loss of health may ii f .s burden add To the weight of soiraw and caro ; But though you Juill fiom your height, and lose Your place in the busy mint, There's a change for ,}ou to strike out anew Tf you don't I<>-,o heart. The adverse wit. ft 1 - and the troubled waves Our courage and strength will te^t, And out of the bitter heibs of giief Aie tin hedinir juices pressed ; And "joy will come to oui health, and bid Ail .sorrow fill £iiesN depait, Ak sme .is the \'\%\\t succeedii the night — Then why lose heait ?